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Album: Shadows And Light (1980)
Artists: Mitchell Joni

  1. AMELIA
  2. BLACK CROW
  3. COYOTE
  4. DREAMLAND
  5. EDITH AND THE KINGPIN
  6. FREE MAN IN PARIS
  7. FURRY SINGS THE BLUES
  8. GOD MUST BE A BOOGIE MAN
  9. GOODBYE PORK PIE HAT
  10. HEJIRA
  11. IN FRANCE THEY KISS ON MAIN STREET
  12. SHADOWS AND LIGHT
  13. THE DRYCLEANER FROM DES MOINES
  14. WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE?
  15. WOODSTOCK


Mitchell Joni
Shadows And Light
THE DRYCLEANER FROM DES MOINES
I'm down to a roll of dimes
I'm stalking the slot that's hot
I keep hearing bells all around me
Jingling in the lucky jackpots
They keep you tantalized
They keep you reaching for your wallet
Here in fools' paradise!

I talked to a cat from Des Moines
He said he ran a cleaning plant
That cat was clanking with coin
Well, he must have had a genie in a lamp
'cause every time--I dropped a dime--I blew it
He kept ringing bells
Nothing to it!

He got three oranges
Three lemons
Three cherries
Three plums
I'm losing my taste for fruit
Watching the dry cleaner do it
Like Midas in a polyester suit
It's all luck!
It's just luck!
You get a little lucky and you make a little money!

I followed him down the strip
He picked out a booth at Circus Circus
where the cowgirls fill the room
With their big balloons
The Cleaner was pitching with purpose!
He had Dinos and Pooh Bears
And lions--pink and blue there
He couldn't lose there!

Des Moines was stacking the chips
Raking off the tables
Ringing the bandit's bells
This is a story that's a drag to tell
(In some ways)
Since I lost every dime
I laid on the line
But the cleaner from Des Moines
Could put a coin
In the door of a John
And get twenty for one
It's just luck!
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